We’ve enjoyed Furnace with the family, and like the fast pace, relatively short game with some interesting mechanisms around auctions and production. One thing we immediately noticed was the large amount of recoverable space in the game box, so we again thought there had to be a better way. A regular insert wouldn’t do justice […]
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Here are some tips and tricks for getting the most out of our Funtley Mill travel box and the Funtley Mill XL travel box that adds support for the Interbellum expansion. Both travel boxes are designed to provide a complete portable solution for the Furnace board game. What is the best way to load/pack the
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Previously: Initial Insert Design – Part II – Evolution Welcome to our Designer Diary series on how we design our inserts. Use the link above to move through the series. For this final episode we’ll talk about some of the final refinements as we went through final fittings and tests, as well as a
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Previously: Initial Insert Design – Part I Next Up: Final Fittings and Wrap Up Welcome to our Designer Diary series on how we design our inserts. Use the links above to move through the series. This episode we’ll focus on completing the rest of the inserts using the available space on the “upper” level, essentially
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Previously: Assess Space and Components Next Up: Initial Insert Designs – Part II – Evolution Welcome to our Designer Diary series on how we design our inserts. Use the links above to move through the series. This episode we’ll leverage the measurements we’ve taken so far to work on some initial designs using Fusion 360
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First they said it couldn’t be done, then they said it wouldn’t be done. We are here to prove everyone wrong and bring the world’s villain’s together in a glorious cohort to conquer the world! Yes, we dipped deep into the game catalog and pulled out one of our favorite world domination games to bring
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Previously: Tools of the Trade Next Up: Initial Insert Designs – Part I Welcome to our Designer Diary series on how we design our inserts. Use the links above to move through the series. To initiate this phase of our insert design journey, we start with getting a “lay of the land” so to speak
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Today, we kick off a series that will give you a “behind the scenes” look at how we go about designing an insert. All the big and little game designers have their fancy designer diaries that give you a peak into their decisions while they conceptualize and design their next blockbuster euro cube pusher, ameritrash
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Today we are expanding into a new area! The opportunity for you to download the STL model files for select inserts and print the insert yourself for personal use. Called “PIY-Paks“, they contain the set of STL files needed to print your own copy of the insert. Additionally, we provide a README file that gives
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With the release of the retail version of Smartphone Inc, we knew we had to jump on that as well. After leveraging the local gamer network, I was able to borrow a copy of the retail version and hone in on creating a retail specific version of Can You Hear Me Now? Can You Hear
